I guess me finding amusement in other's suffering makes be a bad person.I find such a kick looking through Daily Pilot's DUI Listings and the OC Register's Police Blotter, or even the Health Department's Restaurant closures.I've written in detail about...
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Monday, January 28, 2008
The Essential Guide
The mice are wily. You can see why scientists use them all the time. I set a trap with Nutella and put it in the mouse drawer. Nothing, but less Nutella. I put a blue poison pellet on top and the pellet was gone. I wedged in a little piece of the pellet....
Sunday, January 27, 2008
NO on Measure B Strategy Meeting!
A diverse group of Newport Beach residents met today atthe Balboa Corinthian Yacht Club. Stormy, cold weather detoured the scheduled event from the Irvine Terrace Park. The lively, upbeat of group of about 30 activists was chaired by Newport Beach City...
Saturday, January 26, 2008
What Scar?...
...I asked my husband L today on the phone. He'd asked me if I remembered showing everyone my scar last night. I thought it might have been the scar from removing the port.It wasn't that scar. Apparently, under the influence of demon rum (or rather,...
Early voting is the only way!
Going to the Registrar of Voters on Grand in Santa Anais kind of a thrill. The old days come back to mind andwe think of those late nights counting votes in our variousruns for office. But when you are not running for officegoing to the Registrar of...
Misleading Campaign Statements?
So the Daily Pilot and Publisher Tom Johnson have very thin skins, and are apparently very Politically naive.Question:WHEN ARE POLITICAL MAILERS NOT MISLEADING????Please...you guys don't remember former Assembly Candidate Cristi Cristich sending one...
Welcome Home to the Registered Sex Offender!
By now, you probably know that Newport's favorite delinquent is being released from jail.Click here, here, here, and here for the news coverage.The best headline comes from, of course, the Daily Pilot:"Sex offender heads home"Wow. No mincing words there...Where...
Revolving Port Stories...
So...for today...the Port Theater is being saved.From the OC Register:"Newport Beach's landmark Port Theater to be revived"Great news. At last, one Newport Beach landmark being preserved.If interested click these (here, here and here) for some backg...
Friday, January 25, 2008
Interesting Newport Beach-Centric Events Coming Up...
For those who thought that the Orange County Sheriff's race doesn't touch Newport Beach (outside of Newport Harbor, of course)...Sunday, 1/27/085:00 PMSpecial Event Corona del Mar Republican Assembly Monthly MeetingGuest Speaker: Bill Hunt Where:...
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Artemis in the City
N.B.: This post is not about cancer, just death. And it's probably not that interesting, either.For Chanukah, L's kids got us matching pajamas, coordinated robes, a six-month gift certificate for Netflix, and four bags of flavored popcorn. We had some...
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
One Mastectomy, To Go
You've no doubt heard of "drive-by surgeries"--the derisive term coined by health reformers for inadequate hospital stays mandated or permitted by health insurance companies. I thought of fast mastectomies as I read a profile of photographer Lee Miller...
The Sky CAN'T Really Be Blue...Can It?
If you believe there are hard feelings between State Senator Tom Harman and Republican Party of Orange County Chairman Scott Baugh (for Scott's supposed role in torpedoing Sen. Harman's Rehab Home Bill), take a gander at this...Sunday, 1/27/08 2:00 PMSpecial...
Are They Suing Themselves?
Here's my ignorance in full effect...As mentioned yesterday (although I thought the lawsuit was going to be for $400 million), the Concerned Citizens of Newport Beach, Inc. (a Non-Profit Corporation mind you) filed (click here and here for articles)...
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Scanning
People say, are you in remission? Are you OK now? They check you, right? They scan you x-ray look for cancer in your blood... right?People are anxious. They don't want to hear that my cancer could come back. They want to know that someone is watching...
Implants--More Dangers
I seem to be on a soap box here. But I must say that I know people with implants from reconstruction and they haven't had infection.January 22, 2008Study Says Implants Double Risk of Infection in Breast ReconstructionBy NATASHA SINGERBreast cancer patients...
Newport Beach...We Are a Spectator Sport Now
If that Newport Harbor/MTV show wasn't enough to make people laugh at Newport Beach, the LA Times decided it wanted to focus some more on us..."It's surf, sun, sand and -- sobriety?"Here are some classic quotes from the article:"We can't hide them behind...
Here Comes the Lawsuits...
Sing the post title to the tune of George Harrison's famous song.Anyways, tonight the Newport Beach City Council approves the Rehab Home Ordinance, and guess what...the floodgates of lawsuits will open.A $400 million dollar lawsuit will probably be filed...
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Replacing, Refilling, Ending, Not Ending
I had intended to end this blog on Jan. 16, the anniversary of my semi-diagnosis, but I find I have more to say. For instance, about implants. The New York Times reported on Thursday about problems with breast implants. First of all, they don't last....
Economics for Dummies (I mean, Politicians)
It is indisputable to those with functioning sensory skills that the economy is in the midst of substantial turmoil. Brought on by the bursting of a housing and mortgage bubble, the excess of which defies the imagination even of the dotcom atrocity,...
We Also Vote on What?
On February 5, we get to vote on our Presidential nominee, we get to vote on where to put the White Elephant, AND we get to vote on a few propositions.I usually trust the California Republican Assembly's take on the issues, but I also tend to cross-check...
Dredging up old news!
Can someone please explain it to us?OK, our Congressman John Campbell is beating the bushes, afraid of every ear mark in recorded history. It was so bad he says ...that he had to add two ear marks last yearjust to get part of the money allocated so we...
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Anniversary & the Ritual Crushing of the Pills
On Jan. 16 a year ago, the radiologist at the Mammogram Factory was pretty grim as she looked at my ultrasound and told me I needed a core-needle biopsy. And so the fun began. I decided that the best way to commemorate this event was to grind up the...
John Wayne Airport Passenger SEATS Math
County Supervisor Chairman John Moorlach is a CPA, so it's safe to say he knows math (at least Algebra), so I'm a bit surprised that the County Supervisors allowed an extra 2 million Passenger SEATS (pushing the totals up to 12.9 Million SEATS) alloted...
MTV Still Interested?
Earlier this week, I picked up a new fancy cell phone for my wife's birthday and as she was perusing through all the ringtones she could BUY, she came across ringtones from MTV's Newport Harbor show.I wonder if MTV had this horrible incident in mind...
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
The Omniscient Cancer Bitch
I was editing on my computer at Cafe Avanti Saturday night. A young man came in with a slight accent and ordered and lo! when the order was ready, he decided to ask if the cafe took credit cards. No. So the barista said to go ahead and take the food...
Worry & Not Worry
I fell on my back about a month ago in step aerobics. This may seem impossible, but I did. We were sitting on our risers or whatever you call those long flat boards, holding those colored stretchy bands. I think mine was green, with handles. It was around...
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Not Even Safe from the Health Department!
Like I mentioned before, I regularly check the County of Orange's Restaurant closures. Working for a restaurant in the past, I know how blatant violations need to be in order to get your restaurant shut down for the day.Today, I noticed a couple of...
Friday, January 11, 2008
Titleist
Suddenly it seems I might be on the verge of a book contract. My title is "The Farewell-to-My-Left-Breast Party." I like it and don't like it. I think it's hard to say. Please send me suggestions. "Cancer Bitch Tells All" no"Cancer Bitch: My Life and...
Newport Harbor Republican Women Meeting
Newport Harbor Republican Women proudly invite you to meet Mr. Gary S. Winuk, Chief DeputyGovernor's Office of Homeland SecurityState of California Thursday, January 24, 200811:30 AM Five Crowns RestaurantPCH & Poppy, Corona Del Mar ...
Thursday, January 10, 2008
http://www.redcounty.com/bookclub/landing.phpFriends -Red County is a fantastic magazine based here in the southland that I have recently become an investor in, and that I have contributed articles and advertising to since its inception. The focus is...
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
What happens when they tear down your signs?
So what is it? A flap, a brouhaha...or just plain silly? Thelatest rigmarole regarding Pro-B supporters having their signsstolen or removed has been countered by the Anti-B supporters that are claiming the same thing.Since we have more than a passing...
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Some Commentary on the Nomination Circus
Few things are more evident at this point in the election cycle than the fact that very little is evident, and very few "experts" deserve the title. The forecasters thus far from the political pundit class are doing as badly as could possibly be described,...
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